Linsky, Baruch
Son of Beatrice and Harry, was born on the 23rd of Nissan in the city of Chicago, United States. When he was about ten, his family moved to California. Where he completed a high school, studied psychology at the City College of Los Angeles, where he also completed his studies in 1942. He continued to study psychology and in 1943 was awarded the B.A. He continued his academic work at UC Berkeley until 1945, and at the same time was working on his dissertation for a master’s degree (MA). In December 1945 he completed his academic work and moved to New York, where he became interested in Zionism and delved deeply into the history of the Jewish people and the main points of Judaism. He joined the organizers of the illegal immigration to Eretz Israel and joined the ship that traveled to South America, France, Italy and the Scandinavian countries to bring immigrants from there. At the entrance to the port of Haifa, the ship was seized by British naval units and together with all the passengers was transferred to a detention camp in Cyprus. Where he stayed for about three months. In early 1947 he was released and granted an entry permit to Palestine. For several months he sat in one of the kibbutzim in the north of the country, then continued his studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem until the outbreak of the War of Independence. In the spring of 1948 he joined the ranks of the army and wrote home enthusiastic letters about what was going on in Israel and its future. Baruch fell in Hulda on the 17th of Iyar 5708 (May 26, 1948) during an attack by enemy aircraft. He was buried in a rat. On the 26th of Cheshvan 5710 (26.10.1950) he was transferred to the eternal rest of the military cemetery in Haifa.
